- • Fawn and red in various shades, ranging from cream to reddish brown • Grey shaded • Chocolate brown in various shades • Black White markings always accompany the main colour, lighter shading often occurs on the underside of the dog, from throat to tip of tail.
- On grey shaded dogs and quite often on fawn and red dogs a dark mask, dark tips to the outer hairs and dark hairs in the coat occur (dark overlay/sable).
- Black and chocolate brown dogs most often have traditional tan markings in any of the various fawn colours on the cheeks, over the eyes (eyebrows), below the tail, on the underside of the tail and on the legs.
- Pied dogs have patches of colour on the body on a white background, and can also have the accompanying white markings.
- The patches of colour, which can vary in size, should predominate.
- The white markings, which are often irregular, are a blaze or a part of the face, collar, chest, socks of varying length and tip of tail.
- Preferred: Colour on or near the ears
About the Icelandic Sheepdog
Origin: Iceland
- Typical life span
- 12-14 years
- Size
- Medium — from its typical weight
- Weight
- Male
- 14-16 kg
- Female
- 11-14 kg
- Height
- Male
- 46-51 cm
- Female
- 42-47 cm
- FCI status
- Reconocida por la FCI
- FCI group
- Spitz and primitive types
- Origin
- Iceland
- Also called
- Perro de Pastor Islandes
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What is a Icelandic Sheepdog?
Medium-sized spitz-type herding dog with thick weatherproof double coat, prick ears, and curved bushy tail, known for its cheerful and inquisitive nature
Icelandic Sheepdog history and origins
Iceland's only native dog breed, brought by Viking settlers around 874-930 AD and bred in isolation for centuries. Essential for herding sheep and livestock in harsh Icelandic conditions
Icelandic Sheepdog appearance and size
Males typically weigh 14-16 kg and stand 46-51 cm at the shoulder; females 11-14 kg and 42-47 cm.
Lo que dice el estándar de la raza
- Criado para
- Herding dog
- Comportamiento y temperamento
“The Icelandic Sheepdog is a hardy and agile herding spitz, which barks, making it extremely useful for herding or driving sheep and other livestock. The Icelandic Sheepdog is by nature very alert and will announce the arrival of visitors without being aggressive. The breed is cheerful, friendly, inquisitive, playful and confident with a gentle temperament”
Quoted from FCI standard n°289. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Referencia de la raza de The Dog API.
Características
- Tamaño
- Medium
- Necesidad de ejercicioLeída a partir de aquello para lo que se crió la raza, en las propias palabras del registro: “Herding dog” Eso es una función de trabajo, no una necesidad de ejercicio medida — las necesidades de un perro concreto dependen de su edad, su salud y su hogar.
- 4 of 5
- Facilidad de adiestramiento
- —
- Caída de pelo
- 4 of 5
- Cuidados del pelo
- 4 of 5
- Convivencia con niños
- —
- Coste de mantenimiento
- —
- Tolera quedarse solo
- —
- Inteligencia
- —
- Salud de la raza
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Pros y contras de la raza Icelandic Sheepdog
Lo que obtienes con la raza Icelandic Sheepdog
- Función declarada en el estándar: «Herding dog»
- El estándar describe la raza así: «The Icelandic Sheepdog is a hardy and agile herding spitz, which barks, making it extremely useful for herding or…»
Lo que asumes
- Exige muchos cuidados del pelo — la descripción del propio estándar es «It is longer behind the ears, on the neck, withers, chest and back of thighs and with…»
Extraído de fuentes y no escrito como opinión — investigación de salud citada, el estándar del propio registro, y estudios de longevidad revisados por pares. Estándar de la raza, FCI. Los animales de un criador pueden diferir de todo esto, y una columna vacía significa que no tenemos nada de ese lado, no que no haya nada que decir.
Characteristics
Estándar de la FCI · Icelandic Sheepdog
Pelo y color
Tal como lo establece el estándar de la FCI. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar, etiquetada con preferred.
Coat
There are two variants: Short-haired: The outer coat is fairly coarse, with a thick, soft undercoat.
The hair is shorter on the face, top of head, ears and front of legs.
It is longer on the neck, chest and back of thighs.
The tail is bushy and the hair length is in proportion to the coat.
Long-haired: The outer coat is longer and fairly coarse, with a thick, soft undercoat.
The hair is shorter on the face, top of head, ears and front of legs.
It is longer behind the ears, on the neck, withers, chest and back of thighs and with fringes on the back of the forelegs.
The tail is very bushy and the hair length is in proportion to the coat
Color
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» y «disqualifying» — preferido, admisible, indeseable y descalificante — son las palabras de la propia FCI sobre la raza, y quedan en inglés porque así constan en el estándar. Describen lo que el estándar pide — no son una valoración de ningún perro concreto, ni nuestra.
Resumido de FCI standard n°289 — cada etiqueta está en las palabras del propio estándar, con el veredicto pasado a la etiqueta de al lado. Lee la cláusula completa en la fuente.
Información a nivel de raza, de The Dog API. Describe la raza Icelandic Sheepdog en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Icelandic Sheepdog
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Icelandic Sheepdog on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
Gallery
Todavía sin fotografías
Aquí es donde irán las fotografías de los propios dueños de Icelandic Sheepdog, desde los perfiles de sus animales que mantienen aquí. Nadie ha añadido ninguna a una página pública todavía.
Una fotografía en un perfil de animal queda privada de su dueño. No pondremos ninguna aquí a menos que nos lo pidan.
Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Icelandic Sheepdog breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.